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ˆ It allows you to render a whole Montage to a single file, or various parts to multiple
Audio Files in one operation (for example: rendering regions, Groups or Clips)
For more information see
Rendering and Render Montage window .
CD Preparation
The Audio Montage Workspace is an especially powerful tool when it comes to authoring
professional Audio CDs. You can easily author a CD using the
CD window. This window
contains a variety of tools for authoring and burning CDs, including a
CD Wizard to get...

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is imported into WaveLab, the markers it contains will be interpreted as WaveLab markers
upon import.
For the various CD track markers, the codes to use are as follows:
Marker type Code Example marker name
CD track start [t-start] So it begins [t-start]
CD track end [t-end] The end [t-end] of the
road
CD track splice t-splice] Intermission [t-splice]
CD track index [t-index] [t-index] Hello
ˆ You must use Nuendo 2.0 or later if you want to create specially named markers that
will be...

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Tools
Transport controls
Specific tool windows
Shared tool windows
Utilities
Audio Montage Colors
Clip
Audio Montage contextual information
6.1 Metering
WaveLab contains a variety of audio meters to help in monitoring and analyzing audio.Meters
can be used to monitor audio during playback, rendering, recording and also to analyze a
specific selection of audio. There are seven different audio meters in WaveLab, each with
its own separate window. The meters are accessed via the Meters menu,...

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Using meter windows
There can only be one instance of each Audio Meter. For example, if you dock one meter in a
Workspace, it will be automatically removed from the place where it was previously located.
Audio Meters can appear in the Audio File, Audio Montage Workspaces as well as the Con-
trol Window. They can be used:
ˆ as a docked window in a Workspace
ˆ as a tabbed window in the control window
ˆ as an independent floating window. In this mode, it can be useful to make the window...

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time span. If you are monitoring playback or audio input, you will also note two vertical
lines following each VU meter bar, seemingly "trying to reach" the current RMS value.
These lines indicate the average of the most recent minimum RMS values (left line)
and the average of the most recent maximum RMS values (right line). To the left, the
difference between the minimum and maximum average values is displayed (the level
value in brackets) - this gives you an overview of the...

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Related topics
Metering
Spectrometer
6.1.3 Oscilloscope
The Oscilloscope offers a highly magnified view of the waveform around the playback cursor
position.
If you are analyzing a stereo file, the Oscilloscope normally shows the separate levels of
the two channels. However, if you activate the option "Show Sum and Subtraction" on the
Functions menu (or click the +/- icon), the upper half of the Oscilloscope shows the sum of
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ˆ The outer meters are "history" meters, showing how many bits were recently in use. You
can adjust the hold time in the Settings dialog.
ˆ The "over" segment indicates clipping, similar to a clip indicator.
ˆ If the "below" segment is lit, there are more than 24 bits. The bit meter will show the 24
higher bits, and the "below" segment indicates the existence of extra, lower bits. Note
that audio is always processed with more than 24 bits internally.
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Reading the Phasescope
It can be interpreted as follows:
ˆ A vertical line indicates a perfect mono signal (the left and right channels are the same).
ˆ A horizontal line indicates that the left channel is the same as the right, but with an
inverse phase.
ˆ A random but roughly elliptical shape indicates a well balanced stereo signal. If the
shape "leans" to the left, there is more energy in the left channel and vice versa (the
extreme case of this is if one side is muted, in...

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6.1.6 Spectrometer
The Spectrometer uses FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) techniques to display a continuous
frequency graph, providing a very precise and detailed real-time frequency analysis.
ˆ The current frequency spectrum is shown as a linear graph.
ˆ Spectrum "peaks" are shown as a short horizontal lines, indicating recent peak/maxi-
mum values.
Snapshots
By using the "Add snapshot" and
"Erase last snapshot" buttons, you can take and erase
snapshots of the...

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Exporting FFT data as ASCII text
When using the Spectrometer in off-line mode ("Monitor Edit cursor Position" or "Analyze
audio election" mode) you can export the displayed FFT data as a text file, by selecting
"Export FFT data as ASCII" from the Options pop-up menu. The resulting text file can then
be imported into applications that allow graph plotting from text files (Microsoft Excel, for
example).
The Spectrometer can be found in the Metersmenu of the Audio...